Kendall Wallace: Transforming Teams through Nature and Connection

The Power of Connections

In this episode, Rich and Kendall Wallace discuss:

• The transformative power of nature in team building
• Creating meaningful offsite experiences that deepen team bonds
• Navigating workplace conflicts and building trust
• Understanding team dynamics and the importance of honest communication
• The role of mentorship and personal growth in leadership

Key Takeaways:

• Team building goes beyond fun activities; to truly strengthen a team, experiences need to reflect the team’s real-world dynamics and build meaningful trust. Kendall emphasizes that activities without this intentional link often miss the mark.
• In challenging situations, especially those outdoors, individuals find opportunities to confront fears and trust others. These shared experiences can make all the difference in a team’s long-term cohesion.
• Honest, direct communication—learning to “talk straight”—is crucial. When team members can communicate openly about issues without fear, productivity and relationships improve naturally.
• Conflict within teams can lead to growth if approached with empathy and curiosity. Understanding each person’s conflict style allows teams to navigate disagreements constructively.
• Personal growth often stems from hard lessons.

"People think team building is all fun and games, but if it doesn’t connect to real workplace dynamics, it doesn’t really move the needle." — Kendall Wallace

 

About Kendall Wallace:

Kendall Wallace is a master at creating meaningful experiences that make you feel more alive, and connected with yourself, with nature, and with one another. She creates movie-like magical moments not on a screen but in real life through corporate retreats and team-building activities for work.

After reading Eat, Pray, Love, she traveled the world by herself for 2 years.

For the past decade, she has thrown herself into personal growth, creating leadership training for conscious leadership. She created a thriving career in tech at Meta before pivoting to design bucket list corporate offsites that relieve tension and create connection, safety, and honesty in the workplace. Having helped over 1,000 people across 75 groups in improving communication, uncovering blind spots, minimizing recovery time between breakdowns, defining work-life balance, and making decisions more in alignment with what moves them in order to become highly effective communicators & happier people.

In addition, she is an EFT practitioner and uses this in her coaching, helping leaders psychologically reprogram their subconscious.

She now lives in the North Shore of Oahu, having been inspired to improve her surf skills and live her Blue Crush dreams.

Connect with Kendall Wallace:

Website: www.executiveoffsites.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kendall-wallace/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kendallwallace123

DM Kendall on Instagram "Rich + Playbook" to get her offsite playbook.

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